# Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: China
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: State Council of the People's Republic of China
- **Adopted**: 2025-08-26

## In brief

Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action is a non-binding national strategy of China, issued by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was adopted on 26 August 2025. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

This State Council policy document (Guofa [2025] No. 11) sets national targets for AI adoption: broad integration in six priority areas and over 70 percent penetration of intelligent terminals and agents by 2027, over 90 percent by 2030, and a fully intelligent economy and society by 2035. It directs actions in science and technology, industry, consumption, public welfare, governance and international cooperation, backed by measures on models, data, computing infrastructure, talent, law and safety. It succeeds the 2017 New Generation AI Development Plan as the current headline national AI strategy.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by State Council of the People's Republic of China. Oversight: State Council; implemented by NDRC and line ministries with local governments. Stated purpose: Diffuse AI across the economy, public services and governance to drive growth.

## Key dates

2017-07-20: Predecessor New Generation AI Development Plan (Guofa [2017] No. 35) issued; 2025-08-26: Opinions issued by the State Council (document dated 21 August 2025)

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0048 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0048; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-opinions-of-the-state-council-on-deepening-the-implementation-of-the-ai-plus-action
- **Official source**: https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/202508/content_7037861.htm
- **Source document**: Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action
- **Published by**: Central People's Government of the PRC (gov.cn)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action" [AIPT-POL-0048, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0048 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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